At Your Service - Parking

The Council maintains off-street car parks and a network of on-street meters and time restricted areas, which are monitored by parking officers.

Off-street car park spaces are provided in the following locations: Kingsway (51), Firestone (73), Winstones (58) and Opera House (20) in St Hill Street, 2ZW (28) in Guyton Street, Phoenix (18), Drews Avenue (8), Wharenui (25) and Regent (18) in Ingestre Street, Museum (59) and Footlab (44) in Drews Avenue. Most off-street car parks are sealed, marked, have a minimum of security lighting and are sign posted. Firestone, Winstone, Wharenui and Phoenix parks have 'pay and display' machines installed.

There are 371 kerbside metered parking spaces and 1124 time restricted areas around the Central City area. These are monitored to ensure regular turnover and availability of spaces. Offenders are ticketed, fined and followed up. Suburban shopping centres are serviced on demand.

Wardens police the car parks from 8.30am to 5.30pm weekdays and 9.30am to 12.30pm Saturdays.

The service also provides traffic control and temporary signs for special events such as marches, street parades and market days.

The parking service is funded from fines, meter and rental revenue. There is no ratepayer charge.

Typical costs are:

Further information is available from Ian McGowan, Roading and Public Spaces Manager, phone 349 0001, email Ian McGowan.

Information about all of the Council's services is available in the At Your Service booklet available from Customer Services and the District Library, and on the Services pages of this site.

January 24: Turakina Caledonian Society - Highland Games
Venue: Turakina Domain, Cameron Road, Turakina.

January 24: Wanganui Horticultural Society Summer Show
Venue: War Memorial Hall, Watt Street. 2pm-5pm.

January 24-25: World Grand Prix Hydroplane Championship
Venue: Whanganui River between City and Cobham Bridges.

January 24: Concert @ Cooks
Venue: Westpac Stadium, Cooks Gardens. Gates open 5pm. Featuring Blindspott, Elemeno P, Nesian Mystik and supporting bands.

January 24: Rivercity Markets
Venue: Wanganui Racecourse. 8am-1pm.

January 25: Oceanview Speedway - West Coast Mini Stocks
Venue: Oceanview Speedway, Landguard Road. 2pm.

January 26-February 1: Impact World Tour
Venue: Westpac Stadium, Cooks Gardens.

January 29: Greyhound Racing
Venue: Hatrick Raceway, Spriggens Park. 6pm.

To February 1: DoC Summer Nature Programme
Series of guided nature tours, walks and evening lectures. Programmes available from Department of Conservation, Ingestre Street, and Visitor Information Centre, Guyton Street. Bookings at DoC office, phone 345 2402.

Throughout January:
A wide range of exhibitions at the Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui Regional Museum and other galleries.

More information about things to do in the Wanganui District is available from the i-Site Wanganui Visitor Centre, 101 Guyton Street.

Trade seminar - information evening

The Council invites members of the building/plumbing/designing trades to an informative evening.

It will be held on Wednesday, 28 January 2004, from 5.15pm to approximately 6.30pm in the Civil Defence Headquarters, 3rd Floor at Wanganui District Council, 101 Guyton Street, Wanganui.

Topics to discuss include new monolithic rules, Weathertightness Homes Resolution Service, licensed building practitioners, timber treatment, new developer responsibilities etc.

Please phone 349 0001 to reserve your seat.

Unless otherwise noted meetings are held at 2.00pm in Committee Room 2, 1st Floor, Municipal Office Building, 101 Guyton Street, Wanganui.

Agendas are available at the Customer Services Counter, Municipal Office Building, 101 Guyton Street, Wanganui, and the Wanganui District Library two working days prior to the meeting.

The Council welcomes members of the public to attend its meetings.